Sandwiched

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09:59 Nov 11, 2013

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English to Polish translations [PRO]Slang

English term or phrase:Sandwiched

Kontekst:

A: I let him take the truck.
B: You have to learn to say no, dude!
A: But I felt really sandwiched.
B: You can't only make decisions that are popular with the guys!

Apparently, he felt pressured to lend the truck, fearing losing popularity "with the guys," as you say. So, there was pressure from that side. Then, from the other side, he was criticized for not being able to say no, which, apparently, he wanted but was unable to do. So, we have a perfect squeeze - being between "a rock and a hard place." "Sandwich" provides here perfect visual geometry, if you will.

"The verb to sandwich has the meaning to position anything between two other things of a different character, or to place different elements alternately,[17] and the noun sandwich has related meanings derived from this more general definition. For example, an ice cream sandwich consists of a layer of ice cream between two layers of cake or biscuit.[18] Similarly, Oreos and Custard Creams are described as sandwich biscuits because they consist of a soft filling between layers of biscuit
tyle Wikipedia, nic o alternatywach, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich

w tym kontekscie: the boy found himself between/among people of other opinion; we know from the the sentence that he ended up making a "decision which was popular with the guys" (he did what they wanted him to do, even if he himself had a different idea)